v3.26.3
Income Taxes (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2025
Income Taxes [Abstract]  
Schedule of Income Tax Expense Benefit

Income tax (benefit) expense consists of:

 

December 31,
2025

 

December 31,
2024

Federal current tax expense

 

$

 

$

State current tax expense

 

 

1,472

 

 

7,400

Total current tax expense

 

 

1,472

 

 

7,400

   

 

   

 

 

Federal deferred tax expense

 

 

 

 

State deferred tax expense

 

 

 

 

Total deferred tax expense

 

 

 

 

Total tax expense

 

$

1,472

 

$

7,400

Schedule of Income Tax Expense Benefit Differs from the Amounts

Income tax (benefit) expense differs from the amounts computed by applying the applicable U.S. federal income tax rate of 21% as a result of the following:

 

December 31, 2025

   

Amount

 

Percent

Income tax expense at the federal statutory rate

 

$

(14,613,872

)

 

21.00

%

State taxes(1)

 

 

504

 

 

0.00

%

Federal credits

 

 

(89,051

)

 

0.13

%

Changes in valuation allowance

 

 

9,995,523

 

 

-14.36

%

Non-deductible/Non-taxable items

 

 

 

 

   

 

Excess stock compensation deduction

 

 

988,450

 

 

-1.42

%

Nondeductible losses on SAFE notes

 

 

1,511,405

 

 

-2.17

%

Nondeductible stock issuance costs

 

 

2,009,513

 

 

2.89

%

Nondeductible repurchase premium on convertible notes

 

 

194,892

 

 

-0.28

%

Other permanent items

 

 

4,111

 

 

-0.01

%

Other

 

 

(3

)

 

0.00

%

Total income tax expense

 

$

1,472

 

 

0.00

%

(1)      Certain categories within the effective tax rate reconciliation disclosure required by ASU 2023-09 have not been separately disaggregated, as it was determined that such disaggregation would not be material, consistent with the materiality guidance in ASC 105-10-05-6.

 

December 31,
2024

   

Amount

Income tax expense at the federal statutory rate

 

$

(13,667,089

)

Non-Deductible/Non-taxable Items

 

 

18,559,723

 

State Taxes

 

 

1,077,521

 

Rate Change

 

 

(25,879

)

Federal Credits

 

 

(89,051

)

Valuation Allowance

 

 

(5,847,827

)

Other

 

 

2

 

Total income tax expense

 

$

7,400

 

Schedule of Deferred Income Tax Assets and Deferred Income Tax Liabilities

The tax effects of temporary differences and tax attributes that give rise to significant portions of the deferred income tax assets and deferred income tax liabilities are presented below:

Deferred taxes

 

December 31,
2025

 

December 31,
2024

Customer rewards liability

 

$

1,675,054

 

 

$

2,193,675

 

Goodwill and intangible assets

 

 

2,888

 

 

 

13,376

 

Capitalized research and development costs

 

 

570,930

 

 

 

815,967

 

Net operating losses

 

 

10,170,376

 

 

 

5,676,941

 

Credits

 

 

444,723

 

 

 

355,672

 

Start up costs

 

 

2,232,158

 

 

 

 

Convertible debt

 

 

4,037,227

 

 

 

 

Restricted stock

 

 

746,055

 

 

 

 

Other

 

 

3,216

 

 

 

3,379

 

Total deferred tax assets

 

 

19,882,627

 

 

 

9,059,010

 

Valuation allowance

 

 

(14,403,016

)

 

 

(275,686

)

Net deferred tax assets

 

 

5,479,611

 

 

 

8,783,324

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Digital assets

 

 

(5,479,611

)

 

 

(8,783,324

)

Total deferred tax liabilities

 

 

(5,479,611

)

 

 

(8,783,324

)

Net deferred tax asset (liability)

 

$

 

 

$

 

Schedule of Income Taxes Paid Net of Refunds

For the year ended December 31, 2025, total income taxes paid (net of refunds) consisted of the following:

 

December 31,
2025

 

December 31,
2024

Federal

 

$

 

$

Aggregated state and local jurisdictions(2)

 

 

6,139

 

 

3,110

Net Cash Paid (refunds received) for income taxes

 

$

6,139

 

$

3,110

(2)       Certain categories within the income taxes paid disclosure required by ASU 2023-09 have not been separately disaggregated, as it was determined that such disaggregation would not be material, consistent with the materiality guidance in ASC 105-10-05-6.